EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET PENDANT Late to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC.
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EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET PENDANT

Late to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC. An Egyptian faience amulet. Funerary amulets were frequently crafted in the likeness of deities and associated with safeguarding of mummified remains. For similar see MET Museum Accession Number: 04.2.151. Size: 28mm x 16mm; Weight: 6g Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.

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